if I lean over the antenna I can lose the signal That all depends on where you live. In major metro areas, xm has ground repeaters, which will even let you get a signal in tunnels and whatnot. I seriously considered going satellite when i heard O&A were finally going back on the air, but alas budgeting my graduate student's stipend doesn't justify subscription-based radio.
I had the same thoughts when I read the Drexel listing. I graduated from there in '02 and was surprised what info they had wrong. Not only does Drexel provide web pages, I still have an account and update a site on their servers, as an alum.
As far as not providing multimedia services... ARE THEY ON CRACK?? We have IMS which allows you to check out, for free, just about any multimedia equipment you want. We have projectors/sound systems in a huge number of campus buildings, and probably most importantly, we have DUST, a student activity-funded sound/light/video crew that has provided sound for major bands who do shows at the campus. This organization has LITERALLY hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment that can be provided, along with trained technicians, for FREE for any registered student organization with a two week notice.
When I recall running outdoor movies on a 25 foot screen with 10,000 watts of concert quality (qsc, crown) amps driving four-foot-wide university-provided horn loaded speakers, standing at a 32x8 concert mix console in front of a stage providing 15 mics and half as many DIs for student bands, playing the superbowl in surround sound on the aforementioned 25 foot screen... I can only think one thing...
I actually prefer the close button for all tabs being on the right. If you prefer it on each button, its probably possible to write an extension to change it
What REALLY bugs me about FF on OS X is the fact that middle click opening links in new tabs is broken. That is the single reason why I've stayed with safari.
I was going to do a whole "bungie has real ultimate power" post and would probably get +5'ed for it, but it's friday and I don't feel like karma-whoring. That said, I applaud your joke for the clever application of both obscure internet jokes and a witty pun. Bravo.
As is predictable with slashdot, the kneejerkers are out in full force, so I'm going to clear a few things up here:
1.) Banning your xbox live account. Can the stupid bullshit about BWAHAHAHA how are they going to know my xbox live name when i post on slashdot. They are talking about banning you if you post on the bungie forums. That's it. Remember this isn't a press release, it's a FORUM POST.
2.) Banning your xbox live account - part 2. They aren't banning accounts for talking about it - they are banning for people who link to info on how to get it, whats in it, spoilers obtained from the leak, etcetera. Basically they're trying to keep the bungie forums a safe place to enjoy discussing the game, for those who want to retain the surprise at the storyline when the game is legally released, and of course cut down on at least a few people finding out where to get the game.
3.) "Microsoft piracy hotline is so ridiculous, this is just a game" nonsense. While it's true that the microsoft approach to software piracy in general is sometimes pretty outlandish, it's nothing new. The piracy website has been around a long time. Microsoft has been asking people to squeal on their buddies for a long time. Hell, I've seen advertisements telling you to turn in people who pirate M$ software. This is nothing new, and pretty much standard Microsoft fare, so don't act like it's so ridiculous that they are doing it for a game - It is the de facto corporate response to any piracy.
The incidents in africa were crater lakes over volcanos. The difference in pressures brought about by the lack of seasonal temperature change preventing mixing of the lake waters allowed large amounts of VOLCANIC gases to build up. Suddenly some catastrophic event (probably over-saturation) caused the lakes to release large quantities of gases which had been building up for a significant amount of time, which then quickly bubbled up through the lake. This has absolutely nothing to do with a bunch of "barrels" of liquid CO2 buried in the ground. First, you'd need all of the barrels to spontaneously and nearly simultaneously burst. Second, gas doesn't percolate through soil nearly as fast as it does through water, so there would be very little chance of a massive catastrophic release.
We'd all love to live in little mushroom houses powered by love, happiness, and sunshine, but unfortunately we live in the real world, and solar panels aren't going to be a viable energy source any time soon, so stop your fear-mongering and go back to hugging your trees, hippy. People bitch and moan all the time about how bad for the environment coal and nuclear power is, but when you suggest a vastly superior method, which pollutes much less, they kneejerk and say "THATS NOT GOOD ENOUGH WAH WAH WAH!" Sorry, dirtfoot, you can't have your shrooms and eat them too. I love how my post turned into flamebait at the end:-D
WOW! He shares one opinion with libertarians! He must be one!
Maybe, just maybe... he has an opinion on something as a solution to a problem. Does every fucking person have to define himself by a party affiliation and follow the same exact belief structure as said party?
What party am I? NONE. I form my own damn opinions.
The IF vs. WHEN thing is a moot point here. It's not a question of IF you are going to get into a car accident, it's a question of WHEN. Everyone screws up their car or has it screwed up by someone else at some point too.
If I wrap my car around a telephone pole, I'm sure as hell not going to be able to pry it free myself. Does that mean I shouldn't be driving?
If a rider is skilled enough to handle the massive bike on which he/she sits, yes there may be unavoidable circumstances where the rider will go down. However, that doesn't mean the rider needs to be able to pick the bike up solo. There's a great sense of comraderie amongst those who ride and I've never seen someone having mechanical problems with a bike sit on the side of the road very long.
Every Harley is NOT a monstrous beast. I've ridden both an 883 sportster and an 800 volusia. The volusia rode like a piece of shit compared to the Harley. I don't personally own a Harley. I probably never will, as it's not my personal style in a flavor of bike. However, there is a lot more to wanting to purchase a Harley than merely looks. Harley zealot, japanese bike zealot, sportbike zealot - any zealot is an idiot for not being able to appreciate all bikes for their individual merits.
Most people who ride gold wings are annoying because they are trying to relax and enjoy the scenery of that beautiful twisty back road. The same guy driving a convertible would most likely be going just as slow.
Yes, I am a motorcyclist myself. Yes, I do believe that all riders will go down eventually. Yes I've gone down myself. I also believe all people who drive a car will get in an accident eventually. If someone is skilled enough to handle a bike of a certain size, I say more power to them, I hope they enjoy the road and keep the shiny side up. If they don't, I'll be more than happy to stop by the side of the road and give them a hand lifting.
I've seen a 110 pound woman pick up a Fat Boy that weighed 600 pounds dry. Knowing the technique is half the battle.
Not to mention, the smallest harley, an 883 Hugger Sportster, is light enough that even without a good technique most people can pick it up. My sister, who has chronic back problems and is about as strong as a six year old, managed to pick up her Sportster no problem. You seem to be of the impression that every Harley is a monstrous oversized beast suited only for giant musclebound bikers. Who's the ignorant one here?
There are large touring bikes out that that are virtually impossible for ANYONE to pick up. Does that mean they shouldn't be ridden? The difference is, you shouldn't be riding a bike like that unless you are experienced enough to PREVENT it from dropping. Little woman or big burly fatass, you should buy a bike within your skill range that is comfortable to ride, weight be damned.
Troll? I'd consider it a joke, not a troll. Although those who don't get my jokes sometimes mod me as a troll, or more commonly offtopic, the majority of my posts are intended to make people laugh, with an occasional insightful or informative post thrown in there when I actually know something about the subject at hand.
I mostly just post to get people laughing, not to troll. I also kinda like that you don't get karma for funny mods... I'm an attention whore, not a karma whore.
This post is about SpaceShipOne, REAL SpaceShipOne. This post is awesome. My name is James and I can't stop thinking about SpaceShipOne. This ship is cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
Facts: 1. SpaceShipOne is a spaceship 2. SpaceShipOne flies into space ALL the time. 3. The purpose of SpaceShipOne is to flip out and do barrel rolls
Weapons and gear:
Rubber powered rocket White Knight mothership Floating M&Ms
Testimonial: SpaceShipOne can fly anywhere it wants! SpaceShipOne sonic booms ALL the time and doesn't even think twice about it. This ship is so crazy and awesome that it barrel rolls ALL the time. I heard that this guy was flying SpaceShipOne. And when some dude launched the rocket the SpaceShipOne started oscillating like crazy. My friend Chico said he saw M&Ms totally float inside SpaceShipOne just because it was in a parabolic arc.
And that's what I call REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!!!!!
If you don't believe that SpaceShipOne has REAL ULTIMATE POWER you better get a life right now or they will win the x-prize. It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
SpaceShipOne is sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can't belive it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. SpaceShipOne is totally awesome and that's a fact. SpaceShipOne is fast, cool, strong, powerful, sexy, and 31337. I can't wait to start watching my Star Wars DVD next month. I love SpaceShipOne with all of my body (including my pee pee).
That's one of the biggest overkill "solutions" I've ever seen.
VNC allows full control of the system and requires quite a bit of bandwidth. All he wants to do is view a refreshing picture. A jpeg (or PNG for you anal-retentive types) on an auto-refreshing website is a much more elegant and appropriate solution. Plus, VNC requires an installed client, so couldn't be checked on a random kiosk computer at a cyber cafe or the like. And your solution requires a PDA phone, which all of about one in a zillion people actually own and use.
Sometimes the "cool" factor isn't the best solution
As an aside, I'm pretty disappointed this question made it as an ask slashdot. The question basically boils down to "how can I put a webcam image on a website?" Hello, 1998 called, it wants its clever idea back.
Wow, slashdot reverse psychology really does work. Almost every post that says "mod me down if you want" gets modded up, and I say my post is not offtopic (which clearly it isn't) and within a few minutes, it gets modded offtopic.
Now THIS post is offtopic, so mod me down if you want to.
Now that I've said to mod me down, I will most likely get modded up.
UH-OH, now that I've said both I'll both be modded down AND modded up, what will the predictible little mouthbreather slashdot mods do? I wonder if their heads will explode. Now that I've insulted the mods, I'm SURE to get modded down, but hell I've got karma to burn.
I'm not going to RTFA now, but when I get home, I'll look it over, write up a summary, go through it with a fine-toothed comb, cross the t's and dot the... ... ...
Note to mods on crack: this comment is neither offtopic nor a troll. If you don't get an obscure joke, try leaving it alone and modding someone up instead of trying to suppress everything you dont "get"
Since we're being informative, I will also point out that the Jews in Space tune seems to be a Mel Brooks favorite. Compare... We're Jews, we're Jews in space... Patrolling the skies defending the Hebrew race
with We're men, we're men in tights We roam around the forest looking for fights
I love Mel Brooks as much as the next geek, but it's amusing to see what a one-trick pony he is sometimes.
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if I lean over the antenna I can lose the signal
That all depends on where you live. In major metro areas, xm has ground repeaters, which will even let you get a signal in tunnels and whatnot. I seriously considered going satellite when i heard O&A were finally going back on the air, but alas budgeting my graduate student's stipend doesn't justify subscription-based radio.
I had the same thoughts when I read the Drexel listing. I graduated from there in '02 and was surprised what info they had wrong. Not only does Drexel provide web pages, I still have an account and update a site on their servers, as an alum.
As far as not providing multimedia services... ARE THEY ON CRACK?? We have IMS which allows you to check out, for free, just about any multimedia equipment you want. We have projectors/sound systems in a huge number of campus buildings, and probably most importantly, we have DUST, a student activity-funded sound/light/video crew that has provided sound for major bands who do shows at the campus. This organization has LITERALLY hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment that can be provided, along with trained technicians, for FREE for any registered student organization with a two week notice.
When I recall running outdoor movies on a 25 foot screen with 10,000 watts of concert quality (qsc, crown) amps driving four-foot-wide university-provided horn loaded speakers, standing at a 32x8 concert mix console in front of a stage providing 15 mics and half as many DIs for student bands, playing the superbowl in surround sound on the aforementioned 25 foot screen... I can only think one thing...
No multimedia equipment my ass!
I actually prefer the close button for all tabs being on the right. If you prefer it on each button, its probably possible to write an extension to change it
What REALLY bugs me about FF on OS X is the fact that middle click opening links in new tabs is broken. That is the single reason why I've stayed with safari.
Worst... stuff... EVER!
Plus they have REAL ULTIMATE POWER!
I was going to do a whole "bungie has real ultimate power" post and would probably get +5'ed for it, but it's friday and I don't feel like karma-whoring. That said, I applaud your joke for the clever application of both obscure internet jokes and a witty pun. Bravo.
So, the real question is... do you work for Microsoft? Will the ninjas be running to bust down some doors any second now?
As is predictable with slashdot, the kneejerkers are out in full force, so I'm going to clear a few things up here:
1.) Banning your xbox live account. Can the stupid bullshit about BWAHAHAHA how are they going to know my xbox live name when i post on slashdot. They are talking about banning you if you post on the bungie forums. That's it. Remember this isn't a press release, it's a FORUM POST.
2.) Banning your xbox live account - part 2. They aren't banning accounts for talking about it - they are banning for people who link to info on how to get it, whats in it, spoilers obtained from the leak, etcetera. Basically they're trying to keep the bungie forums a safe place to enjoy discussing the game, for those who want to retain the surprise at the storyline when the game is legally released, and of course cut down on at least a few people finding out where to get the game.
3.) "Microsoft piracy hotline is so ridiculous, this is just a game" nonsense. While it's true that the microsoft approach to software piracy in general is sometimes pretty outlandish, it's nothing new. The piracy website has been around a long time. Microsoft has been asking people to squeal on their buddies for a long time. Hell, I've seen advertisements telling you to turn in people who pirate M$ software. This is nothing new, and pretty much standard Microsoft fare, so don't act like it's so ridiculous that they are doing it for a game - It is the de facto corporate response to any piracy.
The incidents in africa were crater lakes over volcanos. The difference in pressures brought about by the lack of seasonal temperature change preventing mixing of the lake waters allowed large amounts of VOLCANIC gases to build up. Suddenly some catastrophic event (probably over-saturation) caused the lakes to release large quantities of gases which had been building up for a significant amount of time, which then quickly bubbled up through the lake. This has absolutely nothing to do with a bunch of "barrels" of liquid CO2 buried in the ground. First, you'd need all of the barrels to spontaneously and nearly simultaneously burst. Second, gas doesn't percolate through soil nearly as fast as it does through water, so there would be very little chance of a massive catastrophic release.
:-D
We'd all love to live in little mushroom houses powered by love, happiness, and sunshine, but unfortunately we live in the real world, and solar panels aren't going to be a viable energy source any time soon, so stop your fear-mongering and go back to hugging your trees, hippy. People bitch and moan all the time about how bad for the environment coal and nuclear power is, but when you suggest a vastly superior method, which pollutes much less, they kneejerk and say "THATS NOT GOOD ENOUGH WAH WAH WAH!" Sorry, dirtfoot, you can't have your shrooms and eat them too. I love how my post turned into flamebait at the end
Mmmmm, yeah...
I'm going to have to go ahead and, sort of disagree with you there...
This guy looks NOTHING like Lumbergh. The only similarity is they both have a nose and two eyes.
Shit, he looks more like an aged Peter, or the bastard love-child of Tom and Michael.
WOW! He shares one opinion with libertarians! He must be one!
Maybe, just maybe... he has an opinion on something as a solution to a problem. Does every fucking person have to define himself by a party affiliation and follow the same exact belief structure as said party?
What party am I? NONE. I form my own damn opinions.
Beware the WERECAR *cue dramatic music*
You know, it goes after its closest friends first. Poor Fry.
The IF vs. WHEN thing is a moot point here. It's not a question of IF you are going to get into a car accident, it's a question of WHEN. Everyone screws up their car or has it screwed up by someone else at some point too.
If I wrap my car around a telephone pole, I'm sure as hell not going to be able to pry it free myself. Does that mean I shouldn't be driving?
If a rider is skilled enough to handle the massive bike on which he/she sits, yes there may be unavoidable circumstances where the rider will go down. However, that doesn't mean the rider needs to be able to pick the bike up solo. There's a great sense of comraderie amongst those who ride and I've never seen someone having mechanical problems with a bike sit on the side of the road very long.
Every Harley is NOT a monstrous beast. I've ridden both an 883 sportster and an 800 volusia. The volusia rode like a piece of shit compared to the Harley. I don't personally own a Harley. I probably never will, as it's not my personal style in a flavor of bike. However, there is a lot more to wanting to purchase a Harley than merely looks. Harley zealot, japanese bike zealot, sportbike zealot - any zealot is an idiot for not being able to appreciate all bikes for their individual merits.
Most people who ride gold wings are annoying because they are trying to relax and enjoy the scenery of that beautiful twisty back road. The same guy driving a convertible would most likely be going just as slow.
Yes, I am a motorcyclist myself. Yes, I do believe that all riders will go down eventually. Yes I've gone down myself. I also believe all people who drive a car will get in an accident eventually. If someone is skilled enough to handle a bike of a certain size, I say more power to them, I hope they enjoy the road and keep the shiny side up. If they don't, I'll be more than happy to stop by the side of the road and give them a hand lifting.
my car doesn't have cruise control, you insensitive clod!
/. joke?
who wants to do the next overdone
I've seen a 110 pound woman pick up a Fat Boy that weighed 600 pounds dry. Knowing the technique is half the battle.
Not to mention, the smallest harley, an 883 Hugger Sportster, is light enough that even without a good technique most people can pick it up. My sister, who has chronic back problems and is about as strong as a six year old, managed to pick up her Sportster no problem. You seem to be of the impression that every Harley is a monstrous oversized beast suited only for giant musclebound bikers. Who's the ignorant one here?
There are large touring bikes out that that are virtually impossible for ANYONE to pick up. Does that mean they shouldn't be ridden? The difference is, you shouldn't be riding a bike like that unless you are experienced enough to PREVENT it from dropping. Little woman or big burly fatass, you should buy a bike within your skill range that is comfortable to ride, weight be damned.
Troll? I'd consider it a joke, not a troll. Although those who don't get my jokes sometimes mod me as a troll, or more commonly offtopic, the majority of my posts are intended to make people laugh, with an occasional insightful or informative post thrown in there when I actually know something about the subject at hand.
I mostly just post to get people laughing, not to troll. I also kinda like that you don't get karma for funny mods... I'm an attention whore, not a karma whore.
That's what I call REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!!
This post is about SpaceShipOne, REAL SpaceShipOne. This post is awesome. My name is James and I can't stop thinking about SpaceShipOne. This ship is cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
Facts:
1. SpaceShipOne is a spaceship
2. SpaceShipOne flies into space ALL the time.
3. The purpose of SpaceShipOne is to flip out and do barrel rolls
Weapons and gear:
Rubber powered rocket
White Knight mothership
Floating M&Ms
Testimonial:
SpaceShipOne can fly anywhere it wants! SpaceShipOne sonic booms ALL the time and doesn't even think twice about it. This ship is so crazy and awesome that it barrel rolls ALL the time. I heard that this guy was flying SpaceShipOne. And when some dude launched the rocket the SpaceShipOne started oscillating like crazy. My friend Chico said he saw M&Ms totally float inside SpaceShipOne just because it was in a parabolic arc.
And that's what I call REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!!!!!
If you don't believe that SpaceShipOne has REAL ULTIMATE POWER you better get a life right now or they will win the x-prize. It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
SpaceShipOne is sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can't belive it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. SpaceShipOne is totally awesome and that's a fact. SpaceShipOne is fast, cool, strong, powerful, sexy, and 31337. I can't wait to start watching my Star Wars DVD next month. I love SpaceShipOne with all of my body (including my pee pee).
That's one of the biggest overkill "solutions" I've ever seen.
VNC allows full control of the system and requires quite a bit of bandwidth. All he wants to do is view a refreshing picture. A jpeg (or PNG for you anal-retentive types) on an auto-refreshing website is a much more elegant and appropriate solution. Plus, VNC requires an installed client, so couldn't be checked on a random kiosk computer at a cyber cafe or the like. And your solution requires a PDA phone, which all of about one in a zillion people actually own and use.
Sometimes the "cool" factor isn't the best solution
As an aside, I'm pretty disappointed this question made it as an ask slashdot. The question basically boils down to "how can I put a webcam image on a website?" Hello, 1998 called, it wants its clever idea back.
What's the difference between a Harley and a Hoover?
The position of the dirtbag.
Wow, slashdot reverse psychology really does work. Almost every post that says "mod me down if you want" gets modded up, and I say my post is not offtopic (which clearly it isn't) and within a few minutes, it gets modded offtopic.
Now THIS post is offtopic, so mod me down if you want to.
Now that I've said to mod me down, I will most likely get modded up.
UH-OH, now that I've said both I'll both be modded down AND modded up, what will the predictible little mouthbreather slashdot mods do? I wonder if their heads will explode. Now that I've insulted the mods, I'm SURE to get modded down, but hell I've got karma to burn.
I'm not going to RTFA now, but when I get home, I'll look it over, write up a summary, go through it with a fine-toothed comb, cross the t's and dot the...
...
...
lowercase J's
Flying crocodile is clearly superior.
Note to mods on crack: this comment is neither offtopic nor a troll. If you don't get an obscure joke, try leaving it alone and modding someone up instead of trying to suppress everything you dont "get"
Since we're being informative, I will also point out that the Jews in Space tune seems to be a Mel Brooks favorite.
Compare...
We're Jews, we're Jews in space...
Patrolling the skies defending the Hebrew race
with
We're men, we're men in tights
We roam around the forest looking for fights
I love Mel Brooks as much as the next geek, but it's amusing to see what a one-trick pony he is sometimes.
Jewsssss Innnn Sppaaaaaaccceeeeeee
A ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech and a helluva fuckin queer
a Helluva,
Helluva,
Hell of a fucking queer!
disclaimer: I went to tech for a year as a grad student. Hated it.
Imagine a beow...
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